Work to extend telehealth flexibilities and reauthorize Telehealth Resource Centers so states can support telehealth technology and patient access to care.

As we look to extend telehealth flexibilities this year, we must reauthorize these centers to ensure our states are keeping up with the most recent technology and sharing their expertise so patients can have access to the care they need.

Griffith said Congress should extend telehealth flexibilities and reauthorize telehealth resource centers to support telehealth access and technical assistance.

HMKP-119-IF14-MState-G000568-20260513.pdf
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The May 7, 2026 House calendar lists H.R. 3419 as a bill to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. It says the bill was reported Oct. 3, 2025, passed the House Apr. 21, 2026, and was received in the Senate and referred to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Apr. 22, 2026.

Within the lookback window, the official congressional status shows the Telehealth Resource Centers reauthorization bill had passed the House but was still pending in the Senate, so final reauthorization was not yet delivered.

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Calendar of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation, 119th Congress, 2d Session
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee release says Chairman Brett Guthrie and Health Subcommittee Chairman Morgan Griffith issued a statement following House passage of H.R. 3419. Griffith said he led the Health Subcommittee in advancing policies that improve health care access. The release says H.R. 3419 reauthorizes the Telehealth Network Grant Program and Telehealth Resource Centers.

This is candidate-specific evidence of concrete work: Griffith helped advance the telehealth resource center reauthorization through his Health Subcommittee, and the bill passed the House. It remains partial because Senate enactment was still needed.

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House Passes Energy and Commerce Bills to Expand Access to Care and Promote Patient Health Outcomes
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Public Law 119-75, section 6209, extends certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities by replacing January 2026 expiration dates with December 31, 2027 dates for originating-site/geographic flexibilities, eligible practitioners, FQHC/RHC telehealth services, audio-only services, and hospice telehealth recertification rules.

The telehealth-flexibilities portion of the commitment was delivered through enacted federal law. The overall claim remains only partial because the separate Telehealth Resource Centers reauthorization had not become law.

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Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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HHS states that recent legislation authorized an extension of many Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027, including home-based non-behavioral telehealth, no geographic restrictions, all eligible Medicare providers, and FQHC/RHC distant-site status through that date.

Agency implementation guidance confirms the practical delivery of the telehealth-flexibility extension and patient-access effects, but it does not address final TRC reauthorization.

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Telehealth Policy Updates
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The House report says H.R. 3419 would reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs at HRSA through FY2030. It records a July 16, 2025 Health Subcommittee hearing, a Sept. 10, 2025 subcommittee voice vote, and a Sept. 17, 2025 full committee 48-0 vote to report the bill.

The committee record shows sustained legislative work on the TRC reauthorization, including hearings and unanimous committee advancement, but not final enactment.

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H. Rept. 119-322 - To Amend the Public Health Service Act to Reauthorize the Telehealth Network and Telehealth Resource Centers Grant Programs
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Griffith's office said the Health Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on bills including H.R. 3419, which it described as preserving and promoting telehealth and telemedicine in patient treatment.

This candidate-specific source shows Griffith used his subcommittee chairmanship to hold a hearing on the Telehealth Resource Centers reauthorization bill, a serious concrete action toward the promise.

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Chairman Griffith Holds Legislative Hearing to Consider Public Health, Rural Health Care Bills
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In his markup opening statement, Griffith discussed the Telehealth Resource Centers Grant Program Reauthorization Act, noted that the University of Virginia was the resource center for his district, and linked reauthorizing the program to broader work to extend telehealth flexibilities.

Griffith explicitly advocated the same telehealth-flexibilities and TRC-reauthorization pairing described in the commitment and moved it through subcommittee markup.

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Chairman H. Morgan Griffith Opening Statement, Health Subcommittee Markup
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GovInfo describes H.R. 3419 as an act to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. The listed action is: received, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Apr. 22, 2026.

The post-House-passage Senate referral confirms the reauthorization component was still unresolved at the federal enactment stage as of the latest available official status.

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H.R. 3419 (RFS) - Referred in Senate
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